#How the UFS 4.0 storage standard will improve your phone’s performance

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“How the UFS 4.0 storage standard will improve your phone’s performance”

Samsung just announced a new kind of storage solution for mobile devices called UFS 4.0. It’s the latest version of the Universal Flash Storage standard.

The new version comes two years after UFS 3.1’s release, and will likely improve the overall speed and performance of upcoming phones and tablets. Before we look at its advantages over the previous versions, let’s run through some basics.

What’s UFS?

Universal Flash Storage (UFS) is a type of flash storage designed for mobile devices. Its specifications are maintained by the Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (JEDEC), an independent industry body.

The protocol was introduced to replace the old embedded MMC (eMMC) standard — used in phones primarily until 2016 — for better speed and performance.

UFS can perform read and write operations simultaneously, which wasn’t the case for eMMC type storage solutions. It also increased the power efficiency of devices, helping in making batteries last longer.

If you buy a modern Android phone and check its specs, you’ll find something like UFS mentioned written in the internal memory section. The higher the version, the better the phone’s performance in writing and reading files stored on the device.